Tactical inflexibility

Key term for OCR GCSE Ancient History, used in Rome’s Response.

Definition

The Roman failure to adapt their rigid, massed infantry formations to counter Hannibal's fluid battlefield maneuvers.

Exam Context

Tactical inflexibility appears in OCR GCSE Ancient History revision content for Hannibal and the Second Punic War, especially Rome’s Response and Rome’s Response.

Hannibal and the Second Punic War Rome’s Response Rome’s Response

Found in Revision Notes

Hannibal and the Second Punic War

Early Roman Leadership and Military Failures

Rome’s Response • Rome’s Response

Revise note

Related Key Terms

Consular authority Divided command Double envelopment Fabian strategy

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